A 12-year-old Texas girl died on last week, days after she reportedly shot herself and her father as part of a planned murder-suicide involving another girl. On September 20, Parker County police found the girl lying in the street with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Her 38-year-old father was discovered in their home …
A young boy allegedly drowned in a bathtub in Texas on Saturday, prompting police to launch an investigation into his death, KPRC-TV reports. Authorities received a report of a drowning around 10 p.m. at a home in southwest Houston in the 15600 block of Corsair Road, near West Fuqua Street and Beltway 8, according to …
A 2-year-old Oklahoma boy has been found dead after disappearing from his family’s home early Monday morning, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports. Ares Muse was found deceased in Okfuskee County Monday, around half a mile from his home, police said. The child’s father told police that the boy climbed into the family at around 1:30 …
Coroners ruled on Thursday that July’s death of a 7-year-old boy at a children’s residential center in Kentucky was a homicide, sparking the firing of two workers. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Ja’Ceon Terry died of positional asphyxia, or the inability to move his body in a manner to allow him to breathe. Terry suffered …
An Iowa teen who was reportedly being sex trafficked when she killed her rapist was sentenced on Tuesday to five years of probation and was also ordered to pay $150,000 to the slain man’s family. Pieper Lewis, 17, also received a deferred judgment, meaning her voluntary manslaughter conviction could be expunged when she completes her …
Louisiana police arrested a substitute teacher on Monday for allegedly paying students to assault a classmate. On August 23, Aadrina Smith, 24, reportedly offered five students $5 each to tackle their classmate at North Caddo Elementary Middle School. Three of the students accepted Smith’s offer, and Smith congratulated them afterward, according to Louisiana Radio Network. …
A pursuit Friday morning in Milwaukee ended with police arresting two young girls who allegedly stole a car. According to Fox 6, the incident at around 2:21 a.m. when Milwaukee officers spotted a car matching the description of a vehicle that had been reported stolen. When the officers tried to stop the vehicle, the driver …
A North Carolina middle school was shut down on Tuesday after an eighth-grader died by suicide on campus, according to reports. WRAL reported that Wendell Middle School students were sent home after Austin Pendergrass, 13, died following a “medical crisis” on school grounds. Officials did not disclose where or how the teen died. Pendergrass’ family …
An Iowa girl will be sentenced on Wednesday for killing her alleged rapist when she was 15. Pieper Lewis, 17, said in a plea agreement that she stabbed Zachary Brooks, 30 times in June 2020 after he raped her multiple times in the weeks leading up to the slaying. The teen claimed she did not …
Police in southwestern Idaho are investigating the death of an infant girl found dead inside a hot car on Saturday. According to ABC 8, the incident happened in New Plymouth, which is around 50 miles northwest of Boise. Police received a call at around 5:15 p.m. from the parents of the child, who claimed they …
New York police are questioning a 20-year-old ice cream truck driver after he allegedly arranged a meeting with a 10-year-old girl on social media. Investigators said the pair met up in person Sunday afternoon in Mariner’s Harbor on Staten Island, WABC reported, and the girl went home afterward. When she arrived home, her mom called …
A 4-year-old child fell to their death early Saturday from a third-floor balcony at a Panama City Beach lakeside resort. The Panama City Beach Police Department said the child was found by another Laketown Wharf guest heading to the gym at about 6:30 a.m., local media reported. Investigators believe the child fell from the balcony …
